
A classical soundtrack for your morning
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
1000 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1115 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week.
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William Walton
Crown Imperial
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Walton: The Centenary Edition: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Anton Bruckner
Locus iste
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no.21 in C major Op.53 'Waldstein' (3rd mvt)
Performer: Igor Levit.- Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas.
- Sony Classical.
- 7.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Scherzo (Souvenir d'un lieu cher)
Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- DECCA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.- Six Brandenburg Concertos.
- Linn.
- 1.
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Florence Price
Clouds
Performer: Lara Downes.- Flipside Music.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Allegretto moderato for 2 cellos
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: David Waterman.- RCA.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
Singer: Soloists. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.- Hyperion.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Les Boreades, Act IV: Gavottes pour les Heures et les Zephirs
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- ARCHIV.
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Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade Suite (Waltz)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Khachaturian: Piano Concerto etc..
- Chandos.
- 4.
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Wilhelm Stenhammar
Nattyxne [Butterfly Orchid]
Performer: Paul Rivinius. Singer: Camilla Tilling.- BIS.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto in A major, Wq 172 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite suite de concert Op 77 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.- African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
- CEDILLE.
- 5.
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Carl Nielsen
Wind Quintet, Op.43 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.- Carl Nielsen / Paul Taffanel - Wind Quintets.
- Sony Classical.
- 1-4.
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Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Ravel: Tzigane, Shehrazade, La Valse U.A..
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 1.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in F minor, Op 20 No 5 (3rd mvt, Adagio)
Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- BIS.
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Charles Gounod
Overture to Faust
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Maurizio Benini. -
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Cloud Capp'd Towers (Three Shakespeare Songs)
Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: Nigel Short.- Signum Classics : SIGCD904.
- Signum Classics.
- 7.
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Claude Debussy
Nuages (Nocturnes)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Philips.
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Eric Whitacre
Cloudburst
Choir: Polyphony. Performer: Stephen Betteridge. Performer: Robert Millett. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Fritz Kreisler
Sch枚n Rosmarin
Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.- The Romantic Violin: Joshua Bell.
- Decca.
- 5.
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Judith Weir
The Welcome arrival of rain for orchestra (conclusion)
Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- NMC.
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Roland Dyens
Tango en Skai
Performer: Jacob Cordover.- CALA.
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Louis Couperin
Suite in D minor - Chaconne in F major
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.- Couperin: Dances From The Bauyn Manuscript.
- Hyperion.
- 9.
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Gaetano Donizetti
Anna Bolena: "Al dolce guidami castel natio"
Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Richard Armstrong.- Duets & Arias.
- Warner Classics.
- 6.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
贰蝉辫补帽补
Ensemble: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.- Musicales Actes Sud.
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Francis Poulenc
Piano Concerto
Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Poulenc: Concertos for Piano.
- Chandos.
- 101.
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Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Concerto in A major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Chouchane Siranossian. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Director: Andrea Marcon.- ALPHA.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Polonaise in A major, Op 40 No 1, 'Military'
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Decca.
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Gustav Holst
The Evening-Watch
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- A Prayer for Deliverance.
- Signum Classics.
- 101.
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Marianna Martines
Overture in C major (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: La Floridiana. Conductor: Nicholeta Paraschivescu.- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Symphony in F sharp major, Op.40 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia No 3 in F minor, TWV40:16 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Alina Ibragimova.- Hyperion.
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Charles鈥怣arie Widor
Toccata (Organ Symphony no.5 in F minor)
Performer: Stephen Cleobury.- Belart.
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- Wed 2 Jul 2025 09:30成人快手 Radio 3